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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Tom,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We used Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11 for a while before upgrading to AVG Business. I didn’t feel that the management options for Symantec were good enough. It was difficult to initiate scans from the console on a remote computer and hard to find the status of the scan. I like the AVG console better. I think that AVG uses less resources and protects better than Symantec. Symantec really seemed to bog down my systems. The deployment tools for AVG are definitely much better than Symantec. You can deploy the client to a single system, or pick from active directory, using the console; or you can create a deployment script and push it out through Configuration Manager like I do.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AVG is a better price\performance option than Symantec. If I were to quote the possible downsides, my little annoyance with AVG is that it seems to always want a system reboot to install new updates, and I try to limit reboots as much as possible in our environment. Feel free to contact me via email if you have further questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greg Kozick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>System Support Specialist<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Akron-Summit County Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>p: 330-643-9144<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:gkozick@akronlibrary.org">gkozick@akronlibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Casey<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] AntiVirus Products<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are considering our antivirus product options. Currently, we use Symantec Corporate Edition and plan to upgrade to Endpoint if we renew our licensing. However, we are also taking this opportunity to see what else is out there. So far, only AVG Business Edition offers comparable pricing to what we are now paying for Symantec. Is anyone using AVG business edition, and if so, can you offer any comments or incites? Is anyone using another product that they can recommend? A key requirement for us is centralized deployment and management.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Tom Casey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>System Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>330.744.8636 x 51612</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>